Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

đŸŽ¶ Those boots were made for mockin’ đŸŽ”

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Accountability, motherfuckers.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

When we show up, we win.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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  8. 8.

    ellaesther

    Oh God oh God oh God, I just had to watch the Netanyahu speech to AIPAC live on the tee vee for reasons of work and a bit of pay at the end of the month and oh God oh God oh God, I think my head it going to fucking explode! OH MY GOD THE LIES AND WILLED STUPIDITY – IT BURNS MY BRAIN IT BURNS MY BRAIN!!!

    /apologizes for caps lock. Slinks away to write about said lies and willed stupidity….

  12. 12.

    MTiffany

    OMFG, MSM douchieness continues. Tonight’s Snideline intro re the passage of HCR, (and I’m paraphrasing here) “Obama passes health care reform, but at what cost?” JFC, like I just remembered why I don’t watch ABC ‘news’ anymore. Still peddling the Village line about the Republicans being sincere in their desire for bipartisanship? I hope Terry Moran’s voicebox rots, that soulless piece of shit shill. Roger Ailes runs ABC news too?

  13. 13.

    robertdsc

    In MW2 land, I finished mastering the TAR-21. It was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I’m 97 kills away from the 1K kill challenge for it and the holo sight is my best attachment.

    It occurred to me today that a funny idea would be a Tunch plush stuffed animal. I think it’d sell millions, lol.

  14. 14.

    Tattoosydney

    Have to put a reading recommendation in here.

    I’m spellbound by “Let the right one in“.

    If you like vampire books, or even if you don’t, this is the real thing – stunning characterisation and characters you really care about, an edge of your seat plot and lovely (and entirely non-gratuitous) lashings of the old ultra-violence.

  16. 16.

    AlanDean

    Innocent polyesters but fortunately no naugas were skinned. Poor naugas, never had a chance.

    And, tho’ I don’t speak German, I’ve always liked the German rather than English version of this song.

  18. 18.

    OriGuy

    I was in Sweden in January 1984 on business, before “99 Luftballons” got airplay in the US. My co-workers and I were watching a music show on TV; I thought it was a song contest like Eurovision, but I don’t think that was the one. Anyway, it was definitely the standout on the show. Hearing it when we got back to the States made me feel like I was in on a secret before everyone else.
    Edit: The translation of the German version. It’s much different from the English version.

  19. 19.

    Comrade Mary

    Has Chuck Todd always been such an impatient, interrupting tool? He’s hosting Countdown tonight and stepping all over his guests. He even finished off an interview with Steny Hoyer by asking about basketball, and when the guy tried to answer, Chuck was all “Mmm-hmm”, “OK” “Right” after 2 seconds.

  20. 20.

    Yutsano

    @ellaesther: I’ve been dying to get you in an open thread: I ordered a L’shanah Tovah honey jar for a wedding present for a friend of mine. The artwork is Armenian and the jar itself is nothing short of gorgeous. That turned out not to be the coolest part of the present however. The jar was made in Israel by Armenian Jews, so it came wrapped in Israeli newspaper. I thought it was just too awesome so I’m gonna leave it wrapped like that for her. She’ll get just as much of a hoot out of it as I did.

    @Tattoosydney: The polyesters shall not have died in vain. Think of the animals, think of the animals. Oh and there had better be a NANCY SMASH!! shirt soon dammit.

  21. 21.

    Comrade Mary

    @robertdsc:

    It occurred to me today that a funny idea would be a Tunch plush stuffed animal.

    Life-size? I do need a comfy new couch.

  22. 22.

    fucen tarmal

    there are no innocent polyesters, they were all born guilty of being polyesters, and this is a pan-religious belief, one that goes for non-religious persons as well….

    even boehner wouldn’t filibuster a condemnation of polyesters, except for the fact that he is in the pocket of the polyester lobby.

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    t jasper parnell

    If you really want a truly German experience, it has to be Wolfgang Petry. Watch one video, may Wahnsinn or Ganz oder Gar Nicht, and no but no one will hassle the Hoff. Also Kuessen Verboten. The Germans have odd musical tastes.

  24. 24.

    Yutsano

    @t jasper parnell: Try some East German punk sometime. Now THAT is some far out there stuff. I have a friend who defected to East Germany in the 80’s. He still listens to whatever he can get his hands on. Oh and he still has an old Trabant sitting in a friend’s garage in East Berlin. It apparently even to this day still runs. He’s seriously considering getting it shipped over to the US unless he decides to go back over there (which he considered if the health care thing didn’t work out or if Grandpa won).

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